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Fairfax, Va, Us

Cyber-Secure Networking and Voice Products

Newport News, Virginia, Us

Led a cross-functional international team in developing Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV) capable of hydrographic mapping, low visibility exploration and reconnaissance, classification, mapping, reacquire, and identification of undersea mines.Delivered high quarterly returns that exceeded profit expectations on firm fixed price (FFP) contracts.Managed staff and coordinated Government milestone reviews and acceptance test trials in Norway and across several US worksites. Negotiated contracts with foreign suppliers and sub-contractors.Managed all aspects of safety protocols while introducing high explosive materials in the R&D and manufacturing centers. Engaged local, state and federal authorities to coordinate proper shipping, handling and transport processes.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Coordinated strategy with executive management and led the creation of a micro-electronic embedded system design and manufacturing center for mission-critical rapid-response national security missions. Product lifecycles span weeks to months from concept development through operational deployment and support for a dozen simultaneously running delivery orders. Managed a cross-functional team of ~100 personnel (engineering, operations, legal, contracts, quality, procurement, marketing) to deliver a full portfolio of products. Plan resources, identify and mitigate risks, monitor and control schedules and budgets, and communicate status to all stakeholders. Develop and implement governance programs to assure consistent delivery through integrations and across the portfolio. Lead creation of dashboards and reports to enable effective monitoring, management and transparent communication of objectives.

Liaise between program management and a matrixed team of electrical, mechanical, software and quality engineers to ensure timely, high-quality execution of system integration requirements. Directly interface with key customers and program management to specify system requirements and support programs through all stages of development (SRR, PDR, CDR, etc.) and manufacturing. Plan resources, identify and mitigate project risks, maintain schedules and report status to program management for 5-8 simultaneous projects• Authoring the company’s first formal marketing plan of disruptive effect small form factor computing standards;• Directing a team to improve our configuration management process resulting in a documented six phase approach to product development and reducing average product lead time one week;• Retaining foreign market share by developing and executing a transition strategy to a local RoHS capable EMS provider, while reducing costs 3.5%, improving product quality and decreasing lead time three days.

Managed modernization and obsolescence-prevention project for the $1M Aurora serial connectivity product line. Researched PCI2.2 open architecture specification and collaborated with Marketing to author the product marketing documentation and engineering hardware specifications. Implemented the schematic capture, managed an external PCB layout resource, and contracted a software engineer to upgrade Unix based software drivers.

North Reading, Ma, Us

Managed design verification of time jitter analyzer (instrument capable of measuring random edge jitter to within 8ps rms). Designed digital hardware, performed timing analysis of critical paths and functional simulation. Conducted Verilog design of control FPGA, implemented control logic, performed simulation, synthesis, timing analysis, place and route, and final verification. Provided layout support, board level verification, system test support, and customer support documentation. Responsible for ISO 9001 process control, design verification milestones, and engineering inventory control.Provided layout support, board level verification, system test support, and customer support documentation

Cambridge, Ma, Us

MTS II: Microelectromechanical Sensor (MEMS) Development Promoted to primary test engineer responsible for analysis and development of chemical/biological sensors for military, medical and pharmaceutical detection. Characterized and integrated MEMS inertial sensors and supporting electronics. Validated sensor performance against modeled estimation for use in design refinement.MTS I: Inertial Instrument Test & Development Technical liaison in collaboration with the Naval Research Laboratory to provide a non-biased examination of the radiation hardness of fiberoptic gyro components for DARPA. Tested and evaluated Pendulous Integrating Gyroscopic Accelerometers (PIGA) and supporting electronics.

Msem, Engineering Management

Bsee, Electrical Engineering